We'd need veritable to crunch the numbers but for support class raw TTK, the Madsen has the second highest at 50m and it overtakes the MP18 at 12.

The MP18 trench has far better hip spread and very slightly higher ROF. But, the Madsen has the negative FSSM and SIPS, so face-offs under 15m sound like a toss up and the Madsen gains with every meter past that. If

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on any stats, but I don't see a poor mans anything.

I've used the trench LMGs enough to know they're not for me.

Well he said Huot best gun. and also all class best pistol P08 apparently.

Right, but I'm specifically referring to actual vs raw TTK for the Madsen Trench at 50 meters. I'm just going by the chart which assumes all body hits without factoring in accuracy & effects of recoil. True TTK should be average shots to kill and probably include deployment time.

The Huot was the most painful Rank 10 weapon to grind with for the extra variant.

Fantastic accuracy and precision is the only thing it offers, and falls completely flat on everything else. At the ranges where it begins to shine, the lower velocity, lower minimum damage, and lower RPM really start to make themselves noticeable. Yes, pretty much most of your bullets will hit their target but what good is that if the other LMG TTK isn't that far behind, without having most of the Huot's shortcomings? It just occupies this awkward niche within the LMGs kind of like the Auto8 .35 and 1906, except those two SLRs have serious damage output to back up their low capacity, but high accuracy/precision.

I just can't really picture a situation as a Support where I think, "I really wish I had a Huot right now."

Hotchkiss M1909 Telescopic is far better due to muzzle velocity and one less bullet to kill. If BF1 had M1909 Lightweight version - Huot would be simply outclassed by it.
Huot is a nice wepon by itself, but due to negative spread increase mechanic it can't rely only on low recoil.

Sorry for my bad english - it's not my native language and I have difficulties with acquiring speaking/writing practice in my country. If I accidently insult you or say something wrong - I'm sorry, you can feel free to correct me.

I really like the MG15 Suppressive in most cases. You can put a lot of bullets down range and you have a really really large magazine. The BAR is nice and does a lot of damage but I hate how small the clip is.

Right, but I'm specifically referring to actual vs raw TTK for the Madsen Trench at 50 meters. I'm just going by the chart which assumes all body hits without factoring in accuracy & effects of recoil. True TTK should be average shots to kill and probably include deployment time.